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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2014, 3:20 PM EDT for Long County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2014, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Long County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 28, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:26 AM EDT, 11 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 326 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>052-290730- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 326 AM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 320 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 GAZ114-137-138-281945- INLAND LIBERTY-LONG-TATTNALL- 320 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF TATTNALL...LIBERTY AND LONG COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 318 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR BEARDS CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... BEARDS CREEK...DONALD... PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. && LAT...LON 3203 8187 3193 8163 3175 8177 3187 8194 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 211DEG 8KT 3187 8185
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 59 min |
| May 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 30 min |
| May 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 54 min |
| May 28, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 35 min |
| May 28, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 23 min |
| May 28, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper | 60 min |
| May 28, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Screven | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Evans | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bryan | 26 min |
| May 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 54 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.